Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function odbc_connect() [duplicate] - php

Question

I'm testing out php 7 and have come across this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function odbc_connect()
From the doc page: http://php.net/manual/en/function.odbc-connect.php php 7 is not listed as supported.
Does anyone have a way around this or know when it will be supported?
Thanks#

Answer 1

There is written in doc: ODBC support doesn't need any extension dll. It is true in PHP 5.x, I had to remove "extension=php_odbc.dll" from ini file.
But in PHP 7 I had to put it back.
I found the file "ext/php_odbc.dll" in the new PHP 7 directory again. It works for me :).

Answer 2

The DOC page does list PHP 7, so just install php-odbc and you should be good to go. Currently using it myself on RedHat EL7 with Remi php7.

Answer 3

I ran into the same problem. However according to the link you provided PHP7 is in fact supported. So I'm not sure why you have so many comments telling you to go re-write your code.
This is what ultimately fixed the issue for me:
sudo apt-get install php-odbc
Followed by restarting Apache.

Answer 4

PHP 7.2.7, add extension=php_odbc.dll in php.ini file while either using database as MS Access or Sql Server
C:\xxxxxx\php\php.ini
*no semicolon before to extension=php_odbc.dll

Answer 5

Just enble "php_odbc.dll" extension by removing the semicolon and restart Apache.
If there is no such line in php.ini, simply create it on yourself (you will find many similar lines in php.ini) by adding: extension=php_odbc.dll and then restart Apache.
If Apache does not start or cannot load php_odbc.dll, look into to the ext-Folder of PHP, if there is such a DLL called php_odbc.dll. If there is no such DLL, Xampp/PHP7 does not support ODBC natively. In that case you should install an older Xampp Version with PHP 5.x

Answer 6

From php.ini file:
> ; Notes for Windows environments :
> ;
> ; - ODBC support is built in, so no dll is needed for it.
> ; - Many DLL files are located in the extensions/ (PHP 4) or ext/ (PHP 5+)
But, in PHP 7, ODBC is not by default. Explicit
extension=odbc
worked for me (new syntax recommended)
Edit:
If your architecture is x64
you must use C:\Windows\SysWOW64\odbcad32.exe
instead of C:\Windows\system32\odbcad32.exe

Answer 7

Here is the error message:
Redhat PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function
odbc_connect()
On Redhat Linux 7 you run:
yum install php-odbc
You will get these packages marked in red:
Code sample to test your connection via php command line run: php [filename].php
<?php
// filename: test-connection.php by running command -> php test-connection.php
$connect = odbc_connect("Driver=FreeTDS; Server=sbase.company.ca; Port=1433; TDS_Version=8; ClientCharset=UTF-8; Database=mydbase",'company\\user', 'password');
$query = "SELECT * from mytable";
// perform the query
$result = odbc_exec($connect, $query);
// fetch the data from the database
while(odbc_fetch_row($result)){
$suid = odbc_result($result, 1);
$uid = odbc_result($result, 2);
$gid = odbc_result($result, 3);
$name = odbc_result($result, 4);
print("$name|$suid|$uid|$gid\n");
}
// close the connection
odbc_close($connect);
?>
Enjoy!